It was already evening when Fang Zheng and Conan arrived at the Ushiromiya family's villa.

"I still don't understand why every rich person likes to build a villa in such a godforsaken place."

Fang Zheng got out of the car and took a look at the villa in front of him, which was already in such a dilapidated state that it could be used to shoot a horror movie without any makeup. He sighed speechlessly.

“Are there really any clues here?”

Conan got out of the car in a daze, barely suppressing the churning feeling in his stomach. He already knew it was not a good idea to ride in a car driven by Fang Zheng, but he had no other choice.

"I don't know. I can only wait and see. If there is, that's great. If not... there's nothing I can do."

Fang Zheng took a deep breath and then looked at the house in front of him.

"They also said they would send someone to clean it up. It seems that we can't have too high expectations on real estate developers. But frankly, I don't want to live in this house... Never mind, we'll talk about this later. But having said that..."

Looking at the gate of the villa in front of him, Fang Zheng remained silent.

"This looks really familiar..."

"look familiar?"

Hearing Fang Zheng mumbling to himself, Conan also walked forward to take a look.

“Have you been here before?”

"How is that possible? But this... I'm tired of seeing it."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng swung the flashlight towards the gate of the villa in front of him. Yes, Fang Zheng had no impression of this villa, but this gate was different. It was an oval double-opening gate with two torches on both sides. Fang Zheng walked forward, took out a lighter and lit the torch, then stepped back a few steps, looking at the gate illuminated by the torch with satisfaction.

The next moment, the door would creak open, and a title like "XXXXX Murder Case!" would appear from the darkness inside.

Apart from anything else, just by seeing this door, Fang Zheng knew that he had found the right place.

After all, in the past, I had to watch almost every episode of the animation two or three times.

"Okay, let's go in and take a look..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand, but before his hand touched the door, he saw the double doors creak open automatically.

“…”

“…”

Looking at the door that opened automatically, Fang Zheng and Conan were silent for a moment, and the latter turned to look at Fang Zheng.

"You drove it?"

"I swear, I haven't even put the key in yet."

Fang Zheng raised the key in his hand and replied helplessly.

"What should I do? If this happened in a movie, it would be the beginning of a horror movie."

"Maybe there is some mechanism."

Conan raised his head and glanced at the torches on the walls on both sides.

"Just now, the door opened only after you lit the two torches. I think there must be some kind of mechanism."

You are worthy of being a scientist. I admire you.

Fang Zheng silently gave a thumbs up. He didn't want to think about whether it was a coincidence, a mechanism, or a ghost. But for Conan, he didn't seem to have considered the option of "haunted" at all.

That's fine.

"call……!!"

However, before the two could move, a sudden gust of wind blew out from the door and blew directly towards them. This gust of wind was comparable to a force 18 typhoon. Even Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand to block in front of him, and Conan screamed and flew backwards. Fortunately, Fang Zheng was quick and caught him.

But before the two could react, the wind that was originally blowing outwards suddenly turned into being sucked inwards. Caught off guard, Fang Zheng and Conan were sucked directly into the shadow of the dark gate. The next moment, the gate suddenly closed with a "clang" like a scene in an animation. Only the torches on both sides were still burning with a flickering light, illuminating the darkness before them.

“…”

After an unknown amount of time, Fang Zheng finally woke up. He shook his head, then stood up, opened his eyes, and looked around. What he saw was a vast expanse of blue sea. The mechanical sounds and shaking sensations coming from under his feet proved that they were on a ship at the moment.

Fang Zheng retracted his gaze and looked around him, only to see that they were in a cabin, and Conan was lying on the ground not far away, sleeping soundly. He walked up to him and hit Conan on the head, waking him up.

“Uh… huh?”

Feeling Fang Zheng hitting his head, Conan also groaned, then raised his head and looked around in surprise.

"Wait, what is this place? What happened to us?"

"We are on a ship now."

"Boat?"

Conan immediately leaned over to the porthole and observed carefully, then like Fang Zheng, he turned around to check the situation around him.

"Wait, why are we on a ship? Could it be that the organization knew we were coming here and set a trap there to knock us out and bring us here?"

"I don't know yet, but..."

Fang Zheng reached out and touched the gun in his arms.

"My gun is still there, and my ID is all there. If those guys took me away, at least they wouldn't be so stupid."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out his gun, loaded it fluently, inserted the magazine, and then pulled the safety.

"Look, everything is fine."

“That’s strange.”

Conan was also confused at the moment, but he quickly ran to the cabin door with his short legs, then reached out and pushed the door open.

"The door is unlocked."

"Let's go out and take a look."

Fang Zheng put the gun back into his arms, then followed Conan out of the cabin and walked outside carefully.

“Squeak.”

However, just as the two left the cabin, they saw a woman with long golden hair walking towards them. When she saw the two of them, she was stunned for a moment and quickly lowered her head.

"Ah, hello, Mr. Founder, are you awake?"

"Ah, um..."

"Great, we're almost at Rokukenjima. I was wondering if I should go call you... Um, have you seen Maria?"

"No."

Fang Zheng shook his head, and the woman sighed, then forced herself to smile and nodded to Fang Zheng.

"Thank you. I'll go look for the child again."

After saying this, the woman turned and left, while Fang Zheng and Conan stared at her back without saying a word. After a while, Conan reached out and pulled the corner of Fang Zheng's clothes.

"Hey, what's going on? Do you know each other?"

"I know her, she shouldn't know me."

"What do you mean?"

“It’s very simple.”

Fang Zheng silently took out an envelope from his arms, opened it, then pulled out a photo from it and handed it to Conan.

"She is dead."

"……?"

Conan took the photo, looked at it carefully, and then turned it over.

"Ushiromiya Roza?"

"Yes, she is the second daughter of the Ushiromiya family and one of the victims of the mysterious murder case on Rokukenjima. She and her daughter Maria both died on Rokukenjima."

"But...what's going on?"

Holding the photo, Conan was also confused.

Fang Zheng seemed very calm about this.

"Do you remember that VR game you played before? The one about London in the 19th century?"

"So what you're saying is..."

Hearing this, Conan immediately reacted.

"Yes, I suspect we are in a similar environment now."

Fang Zheng seemed very calm. He almost guessed that he might have triggered another "copy", but for Conan, this needed no explanation.

"As you said, it is very likely that some mechanism in Ushiromiya's villa was triggered, and we are now brought to this world... It is very likely that the goal of this 'game' is to solve the mystery of the Rokukenjima murder case and find out the truth, so..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng patted Conan on the shoulder.

"I'll leave it to you, Detective."

As expected, when the two walked out of the cabin, they immediately saw the Ushiromiya family. Fang Zheng was already very familiar with this kind of "inexplicable time travel". After chatting with the other party for a while, he immediately figured out his identity. Just like in the "real world", Fang Zheng was also a public official in this world. He came here mainly to do notarization. Because the Ushiromiya family planned to divide the property and distribute their father's property among each other, they invited Fang Zheng to come along.

As for Conan, he is treated as a square child.

Although on the surface everyone was laughing and happy, Fang Zheng knew very well that according to the records, only Ushiromiya Ei was alive, and the others all died. As for the cause of death and the murderer, it is still unclear. To be honest, it is very difficult for Fang Zheng to find the murderer under such circumstances.

"Who do you think is the most suspicious?"

After talking for a while and confirming his identity, Fang Zheng and Conan got together and began to discuss how to "pass the copy".

"I still think Ushiromiya Ewa is the biggest suspect."

Conan was the first to put forward his idea.

"After all, according to the information you brought, she inherited the Ushiromiya family's property after returning from Rokukenjima, and also adopted Ushiromiya Yoshitoshi, who had lost his parents. This is most likely a form of atonement..."

"So what you're saying is that Ushiromiya Eha killed everyone on the island by herself?"

"Perhaps her husband is also an accomplice...but..."

At this point, Conan also hesitated.

"We need more clues."

Fang Zheng was not in a hurry. He just reached out and patted Conan's little head.

"Just keep reading and you'll find out."

“Wuwu——!!”

At the same time, accompanied by the sound of a whistle, a small island appeared in front of everyone.

We have arrived at Rokkenjima.